The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable RuinsAllen, Grant
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The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins
Allen, Grant
Europe, Southern -- Description and travel; Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel
Spain, Rock of Calpe, 2;
landing of first Berber Sheikh, 3;
antiquity of the Moorish Castle, Gibraltar, 15;
driven from Gibraltar, 19;
acquires Ceuta, 25;
and Columbus, 178;
the most Catholic country in the world, 74;
great number of holidays, 87;
Caballero, lady novelist, 88;
piquancy of the women, 91;
unsettled condition of, 92
Spanish, The, at Gibraltar, 11
Spanish Succession, War of the, 22
Spezzia, Scenery around, 160;
arsenal of, 168;
exquisite scenery and remarkable situation, 187;
oranges at, 189;
villages around, 190;
harbor and men-of-war, 191;
Bay of, 192
Stanfield's painting of Vico, 346
Statuary, English, its inferior character, 13
Stone, Egyptian, with inscription, at Rosetta, 257
Strabo, 247
Stromboli, 317
Suez Canal, 96, 123;
construction by M. de Lesseps, a dream realized, 264
Syracuse, interest and beauty of, 303
T
Taggia, 158
Talamone, 211
Tangier, Bay of, 4;
distant view and features of the town of, 5;
expedition of Edward, son of King John of Portugal, against, 25
Tanis, Ruins of (Zoan of the Old Testament), 263
Taormina, 297;
elevation of, 298;
beautiful prospect and ruins of Greek theater, 299
Tarascon, 96
Tarif Ibn Malek, first Berber sheikh who landed in Spain, 3
Tarifa, The Pharos of, 3;
the arms, town, and history of, 4
Tarquinii, Ruins of, 212
Tasso and Sorrento, 346
Tejada, Sierra, 58
Teneriffe, 296
Termini, 312
_Terral_, The, of Malaga, 43
Tête de Chien, 153
Thackeray and _bouillabaisse_, 104
Theodore, St., statue at Venice, 226
Thiers, M., 122
Tiber, The, 215
Tintoret, 175
Titian, 175
Torcello, the ancient Altinum, 231
Torre dell' Annunziata, Manufacture of macaroni at, 345
Trajan, founder of Civita Vecchia, 216
Tramontana, The, of the Riviera, 43
Trapani, 318
Trevelez, 59
Trinacria, 318
Turbia, The, 103
Turks, at Gibraltar, 10
Tuscan coast (_see_ Lerici, Sarzana, Carrara, Pisa, Leghorn, Elba,
Civita Vecchia, etc.).
U
University of Barcelona, 80;
of Velletta, 286;
of Messina, 297
Urban V., Pope, and the church of St. Victor, Marseilles, 116
V
Valletta, 267;
fortress, buildings, population, and abundance of labor, 274, 275;
the Port, 275;
military station, and peculiar construction, 276;
Strada Reale, 278;
the people, and public buildings, 280;
the Knights, and various sieges, 284;
military hospital, 286;
the University and the prison, 286;
visit of Bonaparte, and the Strada Mezzodi, 287;
suburbs, 289;
Notabile and Hamrun, 290;
popularity of St. Paul, 293;
cathedrals, 293, 294
Vanderdussen, Rear-Admiral, and the siege of Gibraltar, 22
Vegetation at Marseilles, 104
Veii, 212
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